Sec. 144.022. RECORDS

(a) Each licensed rendering establishment, related station, or dead animal hauler shall have a dead animal log that meets the requirements prescribed by the department. The name of the licensed rendering establishment, related station, or dead animal hauler must be on the front of the log.

(b) When a license holder receives a dead animal, the license holder shall enter the following information in the log:

(1) the date and time of the pickup of the dead animal;

(2) the name of the driver of the collection vehicle;

(3) a description of the dead animal;

(4) the location of the dead animal, including the county; and

(5) the owner of the dead animal, if known.

(c) The license holder shall also keep a record in the log, or in an appendix to the log, of the general route followed in making the collection.

(d) The log is subject to inspection at all reasonable times by the department or a person with written authorization from the department. Repeated or wilful failure or refusal to produce the log for inspection or to permit inspection by persons properly authorized to inspect the log constitutes grounds for license revocation.

(e) This section does not apply to a licensed renderable raw material hauler.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.